LONDON, May 12 2020 (IPS) – The coronavirus pandemic underscores the profound fragility and unsustainability of today’s world. It exposes the chronic underinvestment in human health and well-being and the consequences of a relentless exploitation of biodiversity and the natural environment....
This spring, Portland State has been recognized for its positive global impact through the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings, which consider the intersection of higher education and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). PSU ranked in the top 300 internationally and...
Decolonizing Sustainability: Cooperative Approaches to Environmental Preservation Rising to the challenge of keeping our community engaged for sustainability, while respecting social distancing requirements, the Bridging for Sustainability event hosted the second installment of its innovative...
Student Sustainability Leadership Award Winner GPSEN: We are proud to recognize you with GPSEN’s Student Sustainability Leadership Award this year. This honor highlights your work, as a student at Portland State University, in calling for divestment from fossil fuels by Portland area...
Join us for our April B Learning Lunch! The Sustainable Development Goals are a collection of 17 global goals designed to be a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all”. The SDGs were set in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and intended to be...
The GPSEN “Bridging for Sustainability” event series is framed through the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and designed to engage and bridge between sustainability stakeholders for a collective shift towards a sustainable future in the greater Portland region. Stakeholders from...
While we cannot host our full Symposium program at PCC Cascade, we would like to highlight some of our amazing speakers in a series of on-line events, beginning with our Mini-Symposium, on our scheduled day of celebration, on April 17, to share their cutting-edge sustainability work with you. ...
You are invited to our 2nd annual RCE Virtual Youth Conference on April 1st from 5:30-7:30PM (EST). We look forward to connecting and fostering collaboration between the RCE Americas Youth Networks. The conference will give youth leaders from across the Americas the opportunity to share their...
The Virtual Island Summit is a free and entirely online event designed to connect global islands to share their common experiences through a digital platform. Join islanders from around the world to share ideas, good practices and solutions.
Higher education must drive efforts to promote greater working across disciplines and sectors in order to generate the knowledge needed for meeting the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development (Global Goals) by 2030. This is what IDS Director, Professor Melissa Leach told senior...
Bridging for Sustainability’s kick-off event on January 23rd, 2020 found 30+ individuals from varying backgrounds in attendance. Each participant brought something unique to the session, lending their individual perspective to the pertinent conversations at hand. While from different...
The 40th UNESCO General Conference (12-27 November 2019) adopted the new global framework on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD for 2030) for the period of 2020-2030. The global framework for implementation of ESD is the follow up to the Global Action Programme on ESD (GAP, 2015-2019). ESD...